Haptic braille output for a game controller

An apparatus with haptic Braille chording capability, comprising:

• a plurality of paddles arranged as a Braille cell on a housing;
• a control circuit to translate a touch force applied to selected ones of the paddles into a Braille character input;
• and
• haptic feedback emitters coupled with each of the plurality of paddles, which when force is emitted by selected ones of the haptic feedback emitters, a pattern of haptic feedback across the plurality of paddles corresponds to a Braille character output.

A method for using a game controller with haptic Braille chording capability based at least in part on a plurality of paddles disposed within the game controller, comprising:

• receiving force indicators for selected ones of the paddles;
• identifying a Braille character input based at least in part on which paddles had force applied to them;
• determining a Braille character output for presenting to the game controller;
• identifying a pattern of paddles corresponding to the Braille character output;
• and
• activating a haptic feature for each paddle in the pattern of paddles.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions for using a game controller with haptic Braille chording capability based at least in part on a plurality of paddles disposed within the game controller, when executed, the instructions provide for:

• receiving force indicators for selected ones of the paddles;
• identifying a Braille character input based at least in part on which paddles had force applied to them;
• determining a Braille character output for presenting to the game controller;
• identifying a pattern of paddles corresponding to the Braille character output;
• and
• activating a haptic feature for each paddle in the pattern of paddles.